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I take pictures of very old books and put them on the internet. Also, sometimes I draw. I play a mushroom (and a human) on @binarybreak.bsky.social 💾🌻🏳️‍🌈 They/them, or whatever. Atlanta baby

Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.

Episode 31 - The Kids From Yesterday We finally arrive at the beginning. binarybreak.libsyn.com/site/3...

Binary Break: 31 - The Kids From Yesterday

We finally arrive at the beginning. Featuring Claire Mulkerin, Christina Woods, Jake Mason, Sky Ertl, Tanner Vogelgesang, Ann McShane, Annie Craton, and Riley Hopkins! Content Warnings (contains spoilers):  There's a whole bunch of sad and weird and complicated and intense feelings basically the entire episode this time. Lots of crying. 26:25-27:15 - Billy's dad drops some casual subtextual homophobia 27:15-29:15 - Off-screen implication of Penny's mom's neglect/alcoholism 33:45-34:28 - Discussion of auto accidents/injuries 34:28-38:00 - LOTS of jokes about food poisoning/diarrhea 56:05-1:03:42 - Bridge's dad is mean to him/yells at him. Bridge jumps out of a moving car and runs away. 1:23:55-1:24:52 - Discussion of Jordan's cut-up arms. He expresses anxiety about infection. 1:37:55-1:38:10 - Billy accidentally bumps his already broken finger. Edited by Claire Mulkerin. Logo by Ann McShane and Christina Woods. Our opening theme song this time was "Foolish," by Hashme Lloyd, and our closing theme was by Nice Wizard. The game system we're using is Digidice, created by Claire Mulkerin. Find it at You can support Claire and join her Discord by becoming a member of the Claire Makes Art Patreon! Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr, where we are @BinaryBreak, or send an email to

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Digitisation is great, but whenever I see people being like “yeah digitise everything, then you don’t need the originals!!” I despair. Even if you’re not interested in material culture, how *wildly* arrogant to think outcomes of digitisation are not as (if not more) vulnerable to decay and loss.